Apple trees are often managed to maximise fruit production, so they usually remain relatively small. Their pink-tinged white blossom in spring can rival that of cherry, and the fruit ripens through the summer, often ripening in late September.

There are dozens of different varieties that might offer whiter blossom, earlier fruit, and apples to suit every palate.

Bramley is the most popular cooking apple. It produces large green apples that retain their body when cooked. It is the classic fruit for making apple pie.

Apple trees are often managed to maximise fruit production, so they usually remain relatively small. Their pink-tinged white blossom in spring can rival that of cherry, and the fruit ripens through the summer, often ripening in late September.

There are dozens of different varieties that might offer whiter blossom, earlier fruit, and apples to suit every palate.

A dessert apple producing a heavy and regular fruit crop. The crisp apples produced by this variety are greenish-yellow flushed with red and have an intense honeyed flavour.

Season of use from late October to December.

Ultimate height: 4-8m.

The domestic pear tree has the potential to become a large tree which can produce mountains of fruit.

Their white spring blossom rivals that of apples and cherries, and when they are not in flower, look out for small glossy leaves and deeply fissured bark on older trees.